Category: Science

Great white sharks can launch themselves clear out of the ocean, but why they breach so dramatically remains one of marine biology’s biggest mysteries. “Air

Two meteor showers will peak together overnight on Thursday, July 30, into Friday, July 31 — but skywatchers should expect a moonlit challenge rather than

About 40 minutes after it landed on Mars on July 20, 1976, NASA’s Viking 1 lander sent this first photo from the surface of the

Researchers from the University of Antwerp and KU Leuven have succeeded in developing a process that purifies air and, at the same time, generates power.

The time it takes for a leaf to decompose might be the key to understanding how temperature affects ecosystems, according to Kansas State University ecologists. 

Redheads are a rare breed, with people who sport ginger locks making up less than 2% of the global population. With such low numbers, would

Science word of the day: Cenozoic Pronunciation: See-noh-ZOH’-ihk What it means: The ascendency of mammals, the birth of the Himalayas, the diversification of birds ‪—‬

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently observed edge-on starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82), nicknamed the Cigar Galaxy.

Jacob Tsimerman knows that many people see mathematics as a search for beauty. Over the course of his career, he has encountered beauty many times.

Archaeologists in El Salvador have uncovered the unusual burial of a face-down human skeleton that was interred along with a ceramic vessel shaped like a

Science word of the day: Lithics Pronunciation: LITH’-iks What it means: In archaeology, lithics refers to artifacts made of stone. Scientists used to think Homo

We all know that washing our hands can keep us from spreading germs and getting sick. But a new Rutgers-New Brunswick study found that cool

Road salt, used in copious helpings each winter to protect them from ice and preserve safe driving conditions, is slowly degrading the concrete they’re made

Shark Week 2026 is here ! This year’s highlights include experiments testing great white intelligence, Molly Carlson’s death-defying freefall dive into a reef shark feeding